In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss what it would be like if you want to work forever. For founders, a lot of us might wonder if this would be something youd like to do for a long time. But heres a thought is your Startup a work you love doing or does it feel like a work that you feel forced to do every day? If your answer to the last question is yes, then you might have to rethink if youre willing to do it forever or find something that you would want to do for the rest of y...
Dec 05, 2022•36 min•Ep 192•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss if founders should worry about quiet quitting. This may sound like a new term to a lot of founders BUT this has been around for many ages now and we should be alarmed about it. So how can you see if your team is actually checked in or out of work? Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources: Startup Therapy Podcast https://www.startups.com/begin Join our Network of Top Founders Check in with us on Linke...
Nov 28, 2022•26 min•Ep 191•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss what will happen to the founder when the Startup company goes down. When a company starts to wind down, you might be shocked how everything maps back to the founder, from office leases to subscriptions, and now all of a sudden these company liabilities become your personal liabilities. How can you avoid this from happening to you? Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources: Startup Therapy Podcast http...
Nov 21, 2022•46 min•Ep 190•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss when a founders focus starts to shift from managing externally to managing internally. When a company grows, theres a huge possibility that as a founder your focus might change from managing customers and shipping products to hiring staff and doing reports which could lead to a stall in your skills and growth as a founder. So as you motivate your people, keep motivating yourself as well! Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.start...
Nov 14, 2022•22 min•Ep 189•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss if founders deserved their wins and successes or did they just get lucky? Sometimes, founders feel guilty of their own success to the point that they dont want to reward themselves and enjoy their hard-earned money. Most of the time, these founders hear people say Youre just lucky! disregarding the years and years of their hard work. But always remember that for you every win you earned and deserved your wins. Sign up for the Startups Newsl...
Nov 07, 2022•25 min•Ep 188•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss what happens to founders during the tough times. When things are going well, when you just got funded, and when youre finally getting that high revenue, everybody loves you. But when things go south, no one is around. Sure, you feel emotionally betrayed at this point because you trusted them right? But is there a way you can avoid this in the beginning? Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources: Start...
Oct 31, 2022•37 min•Ep 187•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss what founders are entitled to when their business takes off. There is danger in expecting too much from our Startup, when we think we should get additional funding because the business is growing, when we think that business growth will merit us more opportunities. Reality check: things don't work this way. Things take time to grow and every growth is exponentially different. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/news...
Oct 24, 2022•48 min•Ep 186•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss whether you need to raise a huge capital in order to have a successful Startup. How much money do you actually need to scale your business? Do you need to raise money quickly in order to scale up quickly? The thing is, having lots of capital does not mean success right away. There are some cases where Startups raised a lot of money in the beginning but ended up getting bankrupt. You see, its not all about having a lot of financial resources...
Oct 17, 2022•30 min•Ep 185•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss how founders sometimes think that theyve reached that billion dollar moment in their Startup and then end up being disappointed by the result. Now, the billion dollar question is - how many shots do we actually have? The thing is, we really wont know when that moment happens so we just have to keep going and continue trying, gathering information as we move forward, because if we can only be right once, at least we are fully equipped once w...
Oct 10, 2022•30 min•Ep 184•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss why its important to teach kids about entrepreneurship. You know what they say - better to start them young. Teaching about how to become a founder to kids as young as 10 years old will be an eye-opening experience. At this age, kids still have that pure mindset where they think they can do anything, and its important to nurture that. Planting the seed early on will bear fruit that will also be able to teach the future generations. Sign up ...
Oct 03, 2022•29 min•Ep 183•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss how founders can survive a failed Startup. For some founders, when they experience failure, they immediately think that its the end, that its a complete failure. But one thing's for sure though we will all get over it. Failure has always been a part of the process and it will teach us valuable lessons along the way. And it also gives us the most important ammunition: a chance to start again. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.s...
Sep 26, 2022•27 min•Ep 182•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss the problem of comparing yourself with other founders. Sometimes, we look at the success of others and immediately think were falling behind. We always compare ourselves to others without even realizing that we all had a different head start and were influenced by varied outside factors. Remember, success is a process, and we go through it in different phases. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources...
Sep 19, 2022•40 min•Ep 181•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss if startup CEOs can really be considered as CEOs. The CEO title bears a lot of responsibility its a nice title to have alongside your name but the question is, are you qualified to have it? Its easy to get the title, in fact, anyone can become one but do you have the right qualifications and enough experience to be called a CEO? Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources: Startup Therapy Podcast https:...
Sep 12, 2022•39 min•Ep 180•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss how founders should not feel like they are running out of time because theyre not. Most young entrepreneurs feel that they should rush things just because others seem to be doing well in life already and theyre feeling left behind. Everyone has their own timeframes and maybe this year is just not your year, and thats okay, because you still have a lot of time left in your career. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/...
Sep 05, 2022•26 min•Ep 179•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss the importance for founders to identify problems early on and why they should do something about it. Survival is the strategy in Startups so founders should be aware of the early signs of problems so that they can find solutions to last longer in this game. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources: Startup Therapy Podcast https://www.startups.com/begin Join our Network of Top Founders Check in with u...
Aug 29, 2022•30 min•Ep 178•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss how being a parent made them better founders, and vice versa. There are things that we wont understand until we experience them ourselves, and in a Startup, there are similar things that we can compare when it comes to leading and being a parent. Once you start teaching your kids good values you can apply those to your company, because as they say, being a founder is like being a parent, you always stay involved. Sign up for the Startups Ne...
Aug 22, 2022•34 min•Ep 177•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss one of the most common problems with new businesses - they are afraid to do the wrong thing. In Startup you cant always be right and have a smooth sailing path in the beginning, you will always have to be wrong and do the wrong things first before knowing what is right. Normalizing a culture of admitting and allowing mistakes will help companies know how they can perform better in the future. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www....
Aug 15, 2022•34 min•Ep 176•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss why managers and founders need to pay more attention to small details. Sometimes companies have employees who suddenly start performing poorly. What could be the reason? Whenever there are small problems, there must be a root cause of why its happening, so its up to the founders to identify whats causing it. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources: Startup Therapy Podcast https://www.startups.com/be...
Aug 08, 2022•28 min•Ep 175•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss some of the advice that they would tell their younger founder selves. If you could go back in time, what would you tell your past self? Now that youre wiser and more experienced, there are many things that you wished you wouldve done differently, but those mistakes and lessons that you had along the way is what also made you become the person you are today. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources: S...
Aug 01, 2022•57 min•Ep 174•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss the importance of accountability in a company. A founder should be able to know how to instill accountability in their employees. The two main components to get accountability are ownership and consequences - having these things can make a huge difference in a companys overall success. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources: Startup Therapy Podcast https://www.startups.com/begin Join our Network of...
Jul 18, 2022•36 min•Ep 173•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss what makes a good manager. What does it take to become a good manager? Is it a manager that consistently hits the targets and can keep up with the demands of the business? It is someone who showcases good leadership skills and the right mindset? The truth is, one becomes a good manager when they can push the entire team to transform themselves and become exponentially better at what they do. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.s...
Jul 11, 2022•34 min•Ep 172•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss why health is an important asset for founders. Sacrifices are often necessary for every business - less time with family, skipping meals, not taking breaks, constantly working overtime and not getting paid enough, etc. In the early stage of the business, these types of sacrifices are deemed essential and expected. Years later, stress and anxiety will eat you up and youll probably be dealing with a failing body. Yes, sacrifices are necessary...
Jun 27, 2022•29 min•Ep 171•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the never ending anxiety we all have. One of the things that makes every founder feel on the edge most of the time is getting anxious over everything, this sense of urgency to get one thing done after another right away. What we dont realize is instead of rushing through things, sometimes it can be beneficial to our mental health if we just let things take its course. And if we shift our focus on solving the problem and not get anxious a...
Jun 20, 2022•34 min•Ep 170•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about when founders actually get paid? In the Startups community, many founders expect immediate returns and instant success. This is because a lot of founders have shown potential and managed to grow their business exponentially in such a short period of time. New founders expect the same outcome to happen to them. The truth is, outside of the community, it takes several years, decades even, to reach significant growth in returns. Not everyon...
Jun 13, 2022•27 min•Ep 169•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about overthinking. When you start to focus your attention on something that has not happened yet and it starts to affect your performance, decision-making, and growth, you end up getting anxious. And this growing anxiety will hinder what you are truly capable of achieving. So, stop worrying about the things that didnt happen and start planning based on whats happening now. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newslette...
Jun 06, 2022•26 min•Ep 168•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about people losing their jobs. Weve been talking about it and now its happening. People are losing their jobs fast and they are left with little to no option in these trying times. As a founder, what can you do to help? Are you supposed to do something somehow? People are losing their safety of a steady stream of income and the last thing they want to bring with them when they leave is uncertainty and heavy competition. If you still have the ...
May 30, 2022•50 min•Ep 167•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about putting a freeze on your resources when returns take a downturn. When is it necessary to let go of some employees? When is it an urgent matter to get more funding? Can you possibly get more funding when the Startup isnt hitting the target? Well, you can definitely weather the storm when you understand that a downturn is tough but its a good phase to start cleaning up unnecessary ties and expenditures. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter ...
May 23, 2022•26 min•Ep 166•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about where founders should put their focus on. Growth or profit? Can you focus on both? The true measure of a founding team is the success of every bet made and the ability to bounce back from the negative consequences of these bets. You can focus on returns and not see much growth or grow exponentially and invest in hiring more people. Either way, its always about achieving your ultimate goal. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www....
May 16, 2022•31 min•Ep 165•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the cost of raising a capital. Yes, additional funding is a good sign of progress, its a sign that the company has potential to grow because people invested money in it. Yes, it is a milestone most founders want to achieve. The downside, however, is that you are no longer alone when making decisions. You are no longer the owner. You become another employee. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.startups.com/newsletter Resources...
May 09, 2022•28 min•Ep 164•Transcript available on Metacast In todays Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about what its like for a Startup to stall. We are all so used to the idea that we need to keep creating a momentum for our business to reach goals, to hit target numbers, and possibly please our investors. Yet, many, if not all, Startups stall, growth slows down and revenue is almost non-existent. Its normal and you gotta learn how to navigate out of these phases to achieve sustainable growth. Sign up for the Startups Newsletter https://www.s...
May 02, 2022•59 min•Ep 163•Transcript available on Metacast 
